Day 352, Monday
Early start to my morning to get some revision done before work. The campus was quiet and being in my office felt more comforting than I imagined. Not many people around, and the building is generally quiet, so I didn’t feel as anxious as I feared. Lots of expired snacks needed to be tossed (actually, I’m taking them to my mom so she can feed her possum visitor). I set up my filter and love my new office kettle. Did some tidying—lots of old notes on my desk, old calendars, etc. I need to clear out books for donation, but that can wait until I bring the stack that I have at home. Not sure if I’ll be returning this week. If all goes as planned, my mom and gran should be getting their second doses of the Pfizer vaccine this week, so my schedule will need to be adjusted either way. Currently attending an online, month-long conference/event and starting to outline a presentation that is due in April. At least my office is good for focus.
Day 353, Tuesday
WFH today and super busy too! Meetings and an impromptu grocery trip to pick up meds and stock up on snacks now that I’ll be going into the office on a semi-weekly basis. Luckily, no encounters with maskless fools, but the news coming out of the Florida legislation is worrisome re: our covid landscape. We’re already seeing the effect of irresponsible decision-making with this who return to the office because we can’t live in fear of the virus nonsense. I can very much live in fear of the virus. It has killed hundreds of thousands of people in this country alone, and almost as many people in Florida as we have students enrolled at my institution. So take your anti-science platitudes and shove ’em.
Day 354, Wednesday
Apparently, the Dr. Seuss thing happened. I mean, his past is pretty sketchy (google his history of propaganda), good to know his estate is doing something about it, but it also means there’s a push to make sure the copies we have at our library get placed in the archives and NOT someone’s ebay listing.
I never liked his books, not even as a kid. They’re obnoxious to the nth degree. Fight me (bite me?).
Day 355, Thursday
Back to the office for an online event. I took a little walk around the campus this time. It was quiet, but no more quiet than it is during our regular summer sessions—a few students, some staff. It’s never that crowded on our campus, which is a blessing at this time.
Day 356, Friday
Mom and gran are fully vaccinated! Success! It was a challenge to get gran to the place, but they were able to vaccinate her in the car and the boy helped to get her back into the house. We’ve reached the point where she’s forgetting how to walk and it’s becoming increasingly more difficult to get her to stand or find the balance to lower down into a chair, even with assistance. It’s a sad situation for everyone involved.
Day 357, Saturday – Day 358, Sunday
Double-down writing day on Saturday for a solid round of revisions. PMS is rearing it’s head though, so I was forced to slow down a bit on Sunday and take care of house work before I’m completely drained.
It’s been a few weeks, but my neighbors are smoking A LOT today and even my filters are having a hard time clearing the air. I hate it.
Follow me on
twitter | instagram | youtube | pinterest | goodreads | podcast
marginalia and such 
Ugh, Stephanie’s last apartment had a smoker next door and she had migraines constantly! It was awful.
Yay for the vaccinations! I’m sorry your grandma is having such a hard time though.
As for Seuss, we had a few of his books growing up (Fox in Socks, One Fish Two Fish, Green Eggs & Ham) but I mostly preferred PD Eastman’s books as a kid. And I was never exposed to Seuss’s lesser-known works, or ones my mom found obnoxious (like Cat in the Hat).
I often wonder if they’ve made my migraines worse. I do notice that my sinuses start to swell when they get really bad about smoking all day.
I’m with your mom on that one! I found them all generally obnoxious. Most kids books just weren’t for me as a kid. I’m glad there’s more variety nowadays. My niece’s favorite book when I went to visit her in 2019 was a really random one about a Halloween ghost. Luckily, she didn’t request a Seuss.